Answer:
Remember that the journey he takes does not really deal with the treasure at the end. He gains knowledge and experience from the journey and from keeping on keeping on.....He did get the treasure, but his rewards were what he gained along the way. In a similar way, you are on a journey and you have dreams and goals, but don't forget that to get there, you must experience many things. Hopefully, the things you experience will make you stronger and braver than you were before you began.
Explanation:
Answer: E. Young people need to put away their phones and choose to participate in other activities that keep them away from technology.
Explanation:
The above as a thesis statement is effective because the rest of the article explains why it is important for young people to put down their phones and engage in other activities that will reduce the harmful effects of technology on them.
Putting it as the thesis statement would therefore ensure that when a person reads it, they are introduced to the claims made in the passage because they will know the direction the passage is going towards.
Answer:
The participle in this sentence is believing.
Explanation:
A participle is a word formed from a verb and which functions as an adjective. Examples are going, coming, washing, enjoying, etc. In the sentence above, there is one participle that can be identified and it is, 'believing', derived from the verb, believe.
Believing is a present participle because it satisfies all the conditions that make a word a participle and it is in the present form. In the sentence, it acts as an adjective describing the action word -believe.
Answer:
First day back at school and somehow I'm already dragging my feet back into classroom 221. As the bell blares, I turn the cold doorknob and step into the cramped room. "You're late," Mrs. Lenard states coldly. I feel the eyes of my nosy peers glare as I walk to my desk. The dim light above my small workspace flickers. I sit down on my frigid seat and reach down for my heavy textbook. The floor is filthy, littered with various wrappers and old pencils. I already want to leave and the lesson has yet to begin.
(negative connotation)